I feel uncomfortable. I read the news. Israel declares that it is ready for 30 days of war with Iran. Who wants that war? My father was born in 1916. He hated war. He always said that common people never want war. ”It’s only the high generals that want war, so why can’t they have a fight with each other, and spare the people?”
In March, Ronny Edry started the campaign Israel loves Iran. It is based on the fact that it’s not the people who want war, it’s not the people who want to kill humans in another country, because they don’t even know them! If you learn to know someone in the enemy’s country, then you really don’t want any war. Ronny’s campaign is about bringing more people together across borders.
I interviewed Ronny in July for the book I’m writing about social media. That’s why I know him a little bit more than I did before. And that’s enough to give me the creeps when I hear Israel talk about war, and I start to worry in my heart. That’s exactly the point with Ronny’s campaign.
Here is Ronny in a new pic that I think was created today because of the growing threat.
In the picture below is Ronny’s wife, Michal. I never spoke to her, but since she’s married to Ronny, she’s part of why I feel worried in my body. Look into her eyes. Look into Ronny’s eyes.
Who in the whole wide world wants the war?
Update: of course there is a similar webpage in Iran, actually there are more than 50 facebookpages that has followed from Ronny’s first attempt.
